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Historical Research
As someone who works in early history, I often get asked where I find my books and information. Things have changed dramatically since my grad school days when you had to pay a reference librarian to...
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Spring in Paris
I spent few weeks in Paris to do some research for Blood Work. While I was there, I had a constant companion: “Spring,” my young daughter’s favorite duck. We picked the cute little rubber duckie up...
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Parisian Detective Work
It’s hard to call two weeks in Paris “work” – but it was. For Blood Work, I needed to have a look at a stash of 400-year-old documents in the Archives of the French Academy of Sciences. The picture to...
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Diving In…Again
What a great ride the book tour for Blood Work was…nearly 3 months on the road. Lots of adventures, lots of stories to tell, and I met so many great new friends along the way. I’m returning with great...
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I get by with a little help from my friends…
Writing can be lonely business. No one can write your book for you (unless you’re a celebrity or pseudo-celebrity and can hire a ghost writer). Nope, it’s just you. You have to wage your own battle...
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Editor’s Corner: Place Matters
I have always loved maps. As a child, a tattered Rand McNally book of maps was all that I needed to entertain me on family road trips. I liked to track where we were heading, where we had been, and...
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Editor’s Corner: Favorite Stories
In last week’s Editor’s Corner column, I encouraged everyone to send along questions about researching and writing about history—or about writing life in general. Keep them coming please! It’s easy:...
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Editor’s Corner: I See Dead People
Another week has flown by—as weeks often do when I’m in the thick of writing. It’s a solitary process sometimes. I realized the other day that I had gone nearly 24 hours without real, live human...
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Editor’s Corner: Going Medieval
I’ve spent the past few weeks in jail. Or more precisely, a medieval dungeon. It’s too early to talk about the specifics of my next book. But I can say that a fair bit of it takes place in the keep of...
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Editor’s Corner: Books I Love
Remember in Harry Potter when the owls drop thousands of letters on the front porch, down the chimney…everywhere? That’s sometimes how it feels at my house. As the Editor of Wonders & Marvels, I...
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